The jury, in the Zenger Case, decided to...

Ignore English Law and acquit Zenger

The Zenger case impacted the press by...

Encouraging newspapers to criticize government

What was the Zenger Case?

John Peter Zenger published a libel against the NY Governor

Who were the primary immigrants of the 18th century to Colonial America?

Germans, Scotts-Irish, and Huguenots

What were the chief causes of population growth in colonial society in the 18th century?

Immigration and high birthrates

How did the English control colonial economy (other than mercantilism)?

Limit use of hard money (silver and gold)

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AMSCO Chapter 3 Review

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1
The jury, in the Zenger Case, decided to...
Ignore English Law and acquit Zenger
Accept English Law but dismiss it
Ignore English Law and that's it
Accept English Law and arrest Zenger
2
The 18th century brought an influx of higher education. What was the first colonial college?
William and Mary
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
3
Benjamin Franklin wrote books! What were they run as?
Rights of Man
Agrarian Justice
Poor Richard's Almanack
Common Sense
4
The Zenger case impacted the press by...
Discouraging newspapers to criticize government
Bringing about freedom of press
Encouraging newspapers to criticize government
Limiting freedom of press
5
How did the colonies practice trade?
Through England
Through capitalism
Through mercantilism
Through ships
6
What was the Zenger Case?
There was no such case
John Peter Zenger published a libel against the NY Governor
John Peter Zenger complained about freedom of press
John Peter Zenger published a false article
7
According to ___ law, injuring a governor's reputation was considered a criminal act.
International
New York
Colonial
English
8
What were general characteristics shared by the 13 colonies in the 18th century?
All of the above
No hereditary aristocracy
Self-government and religious toleration
Dominance of English Culture and Social Mobility
9
What was the prominent religion of the colonies?
Lutherans
Quakers
Catholicism (Catholics)
Protestantism (Protestants)
10
Who were the primary immigrants of the 18th century to Colonial America?
The Dutch and the Swedes
Germans, Scotts-Irish and the Dutch
French Protestants, Dutch, and English
Germans, Scotts-Irish, and Huguenots
11
What were the chief causes of population growth in colonial society in the 18th century?
Immigration and medical improvement
Medical improvement and high birth rates
Steady food supply and immigration
Immigration and high birthrates
12
What was the religious impact of the Great Awakening?
Loss of authority in church
Call for seperation of state and religion
All of the above
Division of churches
13
What did the "New Lights" do?
Ignore the new teachings
Condemn the new teachings
Exalt the new teachings
Support the new teachings
14
Who delivered the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Johnathan Edwards
Anne Hutchison
George Whitefield
Cotton Mather
15
Was freedom of the press law in Colonial America?
In certain colonies
No
It depended
Yes
16
What was the Great Awakening a response to?
Drifting from the church
The Enlightment
Immigrants (Catholics)
Strict teachings
17
Who were the Huguenots?
Swedish Protestants
French Protestants
Dutch Protestants
Spanish Protestants
18
Other than Europeans, who made up the second largest group of immigrants?
Caribbean Islanders
Asians
None of the above
Africans
19
What did the "Old Lights" do?
Ignore the new teachings
Support the new teachings
Exalt the new teachings
Condemn the new teachings
20
What were the divided factions of the Great Awakening called?
"New Lights" and "Old Lights"
Quakers and Minnerites
"New Church" and "Old Church"
Lutherans and Presbytarians
21
How did the English control colonial economy (other than mercantilism)?
Inflation (paper money from colonies)
Limit use of hard money (silver and gold)
Limit certain exports
There was only mercantilism
22
Who traveled America delivering sermons on the 'hellish torments of the damned'?
George Whitefield
Johnathan Edwards
Cotton Mather
Benjamin West
23
Benjamin Franklin did science! What did he do/make?
Work with electricity
The Franklin Stove
Develop practical bifocal glasses
All of this
24
What was the dominant occupation of the 18th century Colonial America?
Farming
Skilled crafts
Business
Trading
25
When was the Great Awakening strongest?
1720s-30s
1730s-40s
1740s-50s
1710s-20s

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